The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, April 23, 2049
Waning Gibbous
63.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:27 AM
11:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.9%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1562
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Apr 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 249.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -19.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.86° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.37° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.